Care City has been awarded funding by the Rayne Foundation: Better Careers for Better Care Programme to work in partnership with care providers, the NHS and Local Authorities across North East London to create Nursing Associate and Assistant Practitioner roles employed by care providers, which work closely with nursing and AHP colleagues to increase capacity within the system.

In Redbridge, the funding will support the selected care provider to employ a Nursing Associate for a 12 month period.

For Apprenticeships the funding will support selected care providers to create an Apprentice on 2-year programmes leading to registration as a Nursing Associate or qualification as an Assistant Practitioner with OT/Speech and Language or Dietetics/OT and Learning Disability expertise. The roles vary depending where the role is being created.

Information Session Recordings & Slides

We held four Information Sessions for to provide more information about the opportunities available and answer questions. You can view recordings of the webinars and see the slides presented at each of the sessions below.

Information Session 1: A Registered Nursing Associate in Redbridge

Information Session 2: Assistant Practitioner Apprentices (speech and language (in Havering and Redbridge)

Information Session 3: Nursing Associate Apprenticeships in Waltham Forest, Tower Hamlets, Newham and Barking & Dagenham

Session 4: Assistant Practitioner Apprentice (learning disabilities) in Hackney

Question & Answers

We’ve gathered together the questions asked at the Information Sessions and provided answers. Should you have any additional questions please email us.

Expression of Interest

To meet the criteria for funding providers will need to:

• be providing services in the borough where the role is being created
• have a Good or Outstanding CQC rating 
• provide all aspects of employment of the postholder including employment contract, PAYE, annual leave, sickness monitoring/management and general staff management and supervision
• have a good track record of working collaboratively with partners
• have the ability and capacity to participate in a project evaluation, including maintaining and sharing digital information with Care City
• support general project activities where relevant

If you are interested in progressing an application for one of these roles in your Borough, please complete this Expression of Interest form.